What is jQuery?.
jQuery is not a language, but a well written JavaScript code. Helps in making things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers with its cross-platform compatibility. Facilitates to write UI related function codes in minimum possible lines.
| Maintained by | License Type | Popular Examples | Support | Updates | Developer Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jQuery team. | permissive MIT | Microsoft and nokia | api.jquery.com/jquery.support, https://jquery.com/browser-support/ | Supported for at least one year beyond the next major version release. | HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. |
| Often Compared to | Testing | Accessibility | Maintained by | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javascript and Angular js | Qunit for unit testing | Built with an Automated A11y test infrastructure | jQuery team. | github.com/jquery/jquery |
Pros:
- Highly flexible and allow users to add plug-ins. Takes care of cross-platform and cross-device issues with clean code that saves time.
- Greatly supports, interacts well with other types of code, supports plug-ins and makes basic functions as easy as can be.
- Enable commonly-used standards like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and AJAX to make it easier for developers to create a wide variety of apps without putting extra time and effort.
Cons:
- Slows down the operation of some tasks in jQuery compared to a naive plain JavaScript implementation.
- Doesn’t support in accessing all features of the mobile device like other cross-platform mobile app development tools.